Intellectual property, traditional knowledge and cultural property protection : cultural signifiers in the Caribbean and the Americas / Sharon B. Le Gall.
Intellectual property, traditional knowledge and cultural property protection : cultural signifiers in the Caribbean and the Americas / Sharon B. Le Gall.
9780415640428 9780203797884 ebk. 9781136026645 electronic book 9781136026560 electronic book
Alternate Call Number
F 43 GAL.I
Summary
International developments since the mid-1990s have signalled an awareness of the importance and validity of traditional knowledge and cultural property. The adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the establishment of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore demonstrate an emerging trend towards the recognition of the rights of communities and the importance of culture in shaping international law and policy. This book examines how developments to protect collectively held knowledge.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Popular/traditional cultural signifiers in the Caribbean and the Americas; 2. Protecting cultural signifiers as intellectual property; 3. Protecting cultural signifiers as traditional knowledge; 4. Protecting cultural signifiers as cultural property; 5. Reclaiming collective knowledge through group rights to cultural signifiers: a theoretical framework.
Popular/traditional cultural signifiers in the Caribbean and the Americas Protecting cultural signifiers as intellectual property Protecting cultural signifiers as traditional knowledge Protecting cultural signifiers as cultural property Reclaiming collective knowledge through group rights to cultural signifiers : a theoretical framework.